Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Barrel Aged Smoked Porter With Cherries

Stone Brewing’s Smoked Porter, brewed with cherries and aged in bourbon.  Limited availability.

Style: Smoked Porter (Cherries, Barrel Aged) Availability: Draft only, as of 2/9/2012
Tapping: TBA. (Let a comment if you know)

7.6% ABV 

Stone Green Tea IPA Aged in Red Wine

Stone Brewing’s 2011 Japanese Green Tea IPA, aged in Red wine barrels.

Style: Imperial IPA (Green Tea, Barrel Aged)
Availability: Draft only, as of 2/9/12
Tapping: TBA (Drop a message if you know)

10.6% ABV 

Stone’s Punishment

Meet Stone Brewing’s Punishment.  Ale brewed with peppers, aged in scotch whiskey.

Availability: Draft only, as of 2/9/12. Tapping during Stones Winter Storm Event.

9.8% ABV

2011 In Review: Top 20 Craft Breweries

Not everybody knows the Top 2o craft brewers in the United States.  To be considered craft, you have to produced less than 6 million barrels of beer a year.  Overall in 2011, the beer business declined by 1.5% nationally. (When Continue Reading →

Flashback: Greg Koch & The New Brewery 2005

This video has been hanging around for a while, but I had never seen it until Stone pointed me to it.  Greg Koch is out on site in January, 2005 at the new Stone site.  Enjoy the flashback.

Stone Brewing In 2012

A quick look at events and releases at Stone Brewing this year.  Beer releases are marked in bold:

Calm Before The Storm/Stone Winter Storm – 2/5

Old Guardian Vintage Celebration, Bottle Release – 2/12-2/13

March Madness Hombrew Competition, AHA Rally – Continue Reading →

Stone Old Guardian Releases 2/13

Stone Brewing’s barleywine will release on 2/13/12.  Expect it a day earlier at the tap room with a 10+ year vertical tasting.

Style: Barleywine
Availability: 22oz bombers, draft. Early seasonal each year.

11% ABV 

Posted in Coming Soon, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Barrel Aged Smoked Porter With Cherries

Stone Smoked Porter w cherries bourbonStone Brewing’s Smoked Porter, brewed with cherries and aged in bourbon.  Limited availability.

Style: Smoked Porter (Cherries, Barrel Aged) Availability: Draft only, as of 2/9/2012
Tapping: TBA. (Let a comment if you know)

7.6% ABV 

Posted in Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Green Tea IPA Aged in Red Wine

Stone Brewing Green Tea Red WineStone Brewing’s 2011 Japanese Green Tea IPA, aged in Red wine barrels.

Style: Imperial IPA (Green Tea, Barrel Aged)
Availability: Draft only, as of 2/9/12
Tapping: TBA (Drop a message if you know)

10.6% ABV 

Posted in Stone Brewing Co.

Stone’s Punishment

Stone Brewing PunishmentMeet Stone Brewing’s Punishment.  Ale brewed with peppers, aged in scotch whiskey.

Availability: Draft only, as of 2/9/12. Tapping during Stones Winter Storm Event.

9.8% ABV

Posted in Abita Brewing, Alaskan Brewing Company, Bell's Brewing, Boulevard Brewing, Brooklyn Brewing, Deschutes Brewing, Dogfish Head, Harpoon Brewing, Kona Brewing, Lagunitas, Long Trail Brewing, Magic Hat Brewing, New Belgium, Redhook, Shipyard Brewing, Sierra Nevada, Stone Brewing Co., Widmer Brothers Brewing

2011 In Review: Top 20 Craft Breweries

Not everybody knows the Top 2o craft brewers in the United States.  To be considered craft, you have to produced less than 6 million barrels of beer a year.  Overall in 2011, the beer business declined by 1.5% nationally. (When you factor in the large breweries.)  The craft sector saw an increase of 15% growth in volume of barrels shipped.  Here’s the Top 20 brewers ranked:

1. Sam Adams
2. Sierra Nevada
3. New Belgium
4. Craft Brew Alliance (includes Red Hook, Kona, Widmer Brothers)
5. Spoetzel (Makers of Shiner)
6. Magic Hat
7. Deschutes Brewing
8. Matt Brewing (Makers of Saranac)
9. Bell’s
10. Harpoon
11. Lagunitas
12. Boulevard
13. Stone
14. Dogfish Head
15. Brooklyn
16. Alaskan
17. Shipyard
18. Abita
19. Long Trail Brewing
20. Great Lakes Brewing

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Posted in Stone Brewing Co., Videos

Flashback: Greg Koch & The New Brewery 2005

This video has been hanging around for a while, but I had never seen it until Stone pointed me to it.  Greg Koch is out on site in January, 2005 at the new Stone site.  Enjoy the flashback.

Posted in Release Schedule, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Brewing In 2012

A quick look at events and releases at Stone Brewing this year.  Beer releases are marked in bold:

Calm Before The Storm/Stone Winter Storm – 2/5

Old Guardian Vintage Celebration, Bottle Release – 2/12-2/13

March Madness Hombrew Competition, AHA Rally – 3/10

Imperial Russian Stout – 4/16

Oakquinox – 4/22

Late Night Movies – 6/6 – August

Sour Fest – July 8th

16th Anniversary Release – 8/13

16th Anniversary Brewer’s Reception – 8/17

16th Anniversary Celebration, Invitational Beerfest – 8/18

Pour It Black – 10/7

Double Bastard Release – 10/29

San Diego Beer Week – 11/2

Vertical Epic 12.12.12 (Final Release!) – 12/10

New Year’s Eve Celebration – 12/31 (duh!)

Tickets to the events can be found HERE.

Posted in Coming Soon, Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Old Guardian Releases 2/13

Stone Brewing’s barleywine will release on 2/13/12.  Expect it a day earlier at the tap room with a 10+ year vertical tasting.

Style: Barleywine
Availability: 22oz bombers, draft. Early seasonal each year.

11% ABV